by Armchair Dragoons PAO, 26 June 2026
While they are not directly connected to our events in the Wargame HQ, they are certainly cousins of our and were right across the aisle from us the entire time. The Historical Miniatures Gaming Society – Great Lakes chapter was adjacent to us, and the Warlord Games retail space and gaming space was adjacent to HMGS-GL and diagonal from the Wargame HQ.
As we’ve noted multiple times over the years, the minis wargames are one of the most visually impressive things you’ll see at the convention. We’ve tried to capture as many variations on minis wargaming as we could, from pure historical recreations to historically-inspired fictional scenarios, to bat-shit crazy sci-fi stuff, and everything in between.
Historicals
This was a mixture from a couple of different event teams
most images can click to enlarge
Painting Classes & Competitions
There’s the paint-&-take in the exhibit hall, but there’s also a minis painting competition and classes that’ll help you make the best of your minis, plus terrain-making workshops. There’s a lot to admire here.
This is the latest article in our series of articles covering Origins 2026 and you can find a carousel linking all of them across the bottom
Uh, Not Particularly Historicals
Ultimately, this is not Historicon levels of variety and quantity, but there’s more than enough here to keep a minis wargamer occupied for an entire weekend, and there was a decade or so where that was not true at Origins and it’s great to see them back in force again.
Photos mostly from Corinne Mahaffey, plus Brant Guillory, Wes Crawford, Kai Jensen, Todd Surgoine, Doug Bleyaert, Jason Matthews, Robert Fix, Marc Gacy, David Thompson, Doug Fitch, Ryan Heilman, and/or Larry Pinkerton
All of the Origins 2026 Articles
Origins Details ~ Wargame HQ Events ~ War College Events ~ Wargaming at Origins ~ Exhibitor Spotlights ~ Origins History ~ Q&A ~ Final Countdown
Opening Day ~ The Game Hall ~ More Gameplay ~ Above the Convention ~ Minis Wargaming ~ Wargame HQ Partners ~ Wargame HQ Spotlights
Exhibit Hall ~ Cosplay ~ Everything Else ~ AAR ~ Forum Thread
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